Jonathan Hogg knows the agony of losing a Championship play-off final – so he’s doubly determined not to go through it again with Huddersfield Town.

The 28-year-old midfield player – a key man in David Wagner’s side – was a Wembley loser with Watford against Crystal Palace four years ago, when a Kevin Phillips penalty sent the Eagles soaring to promotion.

Two months after that showpiece, which Watford lost after knocking out Leicester City in the semi-finals, Hogg moved to Town on a three-year contract.

And now he’s marching down Wembley Way again hoping for a different outcome.

“I know what to expect from the atmosphere and the temperature on the field will be ridiculous,” said the man who started out at Aston Villa before having loan spells at Darlington and Portsmouth.

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Hogg hopes all the hard work which has gone in at PPG Canalside since last summer will pay off on Monday.

“We have performed really well this season – everything the boss has asked, we have done,” he explained.

“The players deserve massive credit because they have kept going through a long season and our squad is not the biggest in the Championship – so the boss and the staff deserve great credit for keeping us going.”

Hogg, of course, thought he was out for the season when he went off with a suspected broken neck against Bristol City.

But he was back quickly, and now he’s delighted to see Kasey Palmer making a similar miraculous recovery.

He said of the Chelsea loanee: “It’s a big boost to all the lads to have Kasey back and if he can get through training, then I think he should be involved or there and thereabouts.